Spruce up a class reading of the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback with this fun series of activities. Starting with a list of reading comprehension questions and key vocabulary to address during a teacher read aloud, this resource goes on to offer a number of extension activities that create curricular connections with art, music, health, and science. A reading of this Caldecott Medal-winning book would make a perfect addition to a literature unit on folk tales in the primary grades.

Concepts

folk music, sequence of events, sequencing, folktales, making predictions, reading comprehension, joseph had a little overcoat, children's literature

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Additional Tags

joseph had a little overcoat, making predictions, order of events, sequence of events, reading comprehension, folk tale, folk song, yiddish, english language arts

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Pros

• A list of additional resources is provided for extending learning
• Activities are suitable for students across the primary grade levels

Cons

• Teacher must provide scaffolding to support children with the reading comprehension strategies mentioned in the lesson
• Some of the arts and crafts activities require considerable teacher preparation

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.3 RL.K.7 RL.K.10 RL.1.1 RL.1.3 RL.1.4 RL.1.7 RL.2.1 RL.2.3 RL.2.5 RL.2.7